Jeremiah 48:20

Moab Arnon Moab

¹⁸ Come down from your glory; sit on parched ground, O daughter dwelling in Dibon, for the destroyer of Moab has come against you; he has destroyed your fortresses.

¹⁹ Stand by the road and watch, O dweller of Aroer! Ask the man fleeing or the woman escaping, ‘What has happened?’

Moab is put to shame, for it has been shattered. Wail and cry out! Declare by the Arnon that Moab is destroyed.

²¹ Judgment has come upon the high plain— upon Holon, Jahzah, and Mephaath,

²² upon Dibon, Nebo, and Beth-diblathaim,

This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB: Moab is put to shame, for it has been shattered. Wail and cry out! Declare by the Arnon that Moab is destroyed.
KJV: Moab is confounded; for it is broken down: howl and cry; tell ye it in Arnon, that Moab is spoiled,
WEB: Moab is disappointed; for it is broken down. Wail and cry! Tell it by the Arnon, that Moab is laid waste.
ASV: Moab is put to shame; for it is broken down: wail and cry; tell ye it by the Arnon, that Moab is laid waste.
DARBY: Moab is put to shame; for he is broken down: howl and cry; tell it in Arnon, that Moab is laid waste.
BLB: Moab is put to shame, for she has been shattered. Wail and cry out! Declare [it] in Arnon, that Moab has been laid waste.

ÅB: Moab er blitt til skamme, for det er knust. Hyl og skrik! Kunngjør ved Arnon at Moab er ødelagt!
OTB: Moab er vanæret, for hun er knust. Jamre og rop ut! Forkynn ved Arnon at Moab er ødelagt.
B1930: Moab er blitt til skamme, for det er knust. Hyl og skrik! Kunngjør ved Arnon at Moab er ødelagt!

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Isaiah 16:2
Like fluttering birds pushed out of the nest, so are the daughters of Moab at the fords of the Arnon:
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Isaiah 15:1–5
This is the burden against Moab: Ar in Moab is ruined, destroyed in a night! Kir in Moab is devastated, destroyed in a night!
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Numbers 21:26–28
Heshbon was the city of Sihon king of the Amorites, who had fought against the former king of Moab and taken all his land as far as the Arnon.
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Numbers 21:13–14
From there they moved on and camped on the other side of the Arnon, in the wilderness that extends into the Amorite territory. Now the Arnon is the border between the Moabites and the Amorites.
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Isaiah 15:8
For their outcry echoes to the border of Moab. Their wailing reaches Eglaim; it is heard in Beer-elim.
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Isaiah 16:7–11
Therefore let Moab wail; let them wail together for Moab. Moan for the raisin cakes of Kir-hareseth, you who are utterly stricken.
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Joshua 13:9
The area from Aroer on the rim of the Arnon Valley, along with the city in the middle of the valley, the whole plateau of Medeba as far as Dibon,
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Jeremiah 48:1–5
Concerning Moab, this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: “Woe to Nebo, for it will be devastated. Kiriathaim will be captured and disgraced; the fortress will be shattered and dismantled.
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